Optometry Technician

Duties and responsibilities: Optometric technicians work with optometrists to assist in carrying out eye examinations and treatments. They mostly work in optometrists’ offices, but they may also be in eye care clinics and other vision treatment facilities. They also look over your medical history on what last treatment you got. The responsibilities you have as a optometric technician is testing patient’s visual acuity, depth perception, pressure inside of the eye, color vision, and pupil reflexes. They also prepare exam schedules, ready exam rooms, assist in making or repairing eyeglasses.

Salary: Median pay $30,590

Education: High school diploma required, training programs and associate degrees available

Need for this profession: Over the years the job has increased 23% for medical assistants from 2014-2024.